A bookstore chain “Popular Bookmall” introduced their special style of book distribution (分銷)in Shanghai back in November. This experimental store offers books at very low prices, and there is no staff to require customers to pay before taking books away. Sounds like a book lover’s paradise!

Popular Bookmall had already set up such a shop in Nanjing. The organizers of the Nanjing store report that it was a great success; enough customers voluntarily paid for their books. But most older “honesty stores” in China did not receive enough honest customers. For example, a self-service restaurant opened in Fujian province years ago. It allowed customers to pay whatever they chose, but about one-fifth of customers paid nothing. The organizers of the “honesty stores” say that their goal is to encourage people in China to remember how important honesty is.

Many Chinese are worried about dishonesty in China. Even at Popular Bookmall, not everybody chose to pay for their books. Is it a good way to solve it by law? Maybe not. We should listen to our conscience (良心). This has deep roots in Chinese culture. Confucius (孔夫子) taught Chinese to be conscientious and honest.

But there are also a great rational (理性的) reason for “honesty stores”: the more honest people there are in society, the more reasons we have to trust others. And if people trusted each other, they’d be more willing to share. For example, in a “sharing economy”, we do not have to think about saving or spending money all the time. We should try to help other people. In brief, society is built on trust, not only trade (商業(yè)).

1.What is the special style of book distribution in “Popular Bookmall”?

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2.“Popular Bookmall” in Nanjing was a great success, wasn’t it?

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3.Why did organizers open many “honesty stores” in China?

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4.What are many Chinese worried about?

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5.According to Confucius, how should we encourage ourselves to be honest?

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6.What does the underlined part “society is built on trust, not only trade” try to tell us?

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1.It offers books at very low prices, and there is no staff to require customers to pay before taking books away. 2.Yes, it was. / Yes. 3.To encourage people in China to remember how important h...
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